Dispenser for wafer pockets containing wafers and wafer pocket assembly

Abstract

In order to ensure reliable consumption of medicines present in the form of wafers, to allow the medicines to be easily removed from a dispenser 1 and to allow the latter to be easily refilled with medicines, the dispenser 1 and a wafer pocket booklet 100 which can be introduced into the dispenser 1 are proposed. The wafers are packed in wafer pockets 20 , and the dispenser 1 according to the invention contains the wafer pockets 20 . For this purpose, the dispenser 1 comprises a supply space 9 , at least one holding element 19 and at least one dispensing opening 5 for one wafer pocket 20 in each case, wherein the wafer pocket 20 can be dispensed from the dispenser 1 in a dispensing direction A. In an inventive fashion, the at least one wafer pocket 20 has in each case a wafer region 21 containing the wafer and in each case at least one residual region 24 of the at least one wafer pocket 20 , said residual region 24 remaining in the dispenser 1 when the wafer region 21 is removed. The wafer region 21 is connected to the at least one residual region 24 at least in certain sections, in each case via at least one predetermined partition line 28.1, 28.2 which has, at least in certain sections, an extent component 29 parallel to the dispensing direction A.

1 . A dispenser having at least one wafer pocket containing a wafer, wherein the dispenser has a supply space, at least one holding element for the at least one wafer pocket and at least one dispensing opening for in each case one wafer pocket, through which opening the wafer pocket can be dispensed from the dispenser in a dispensing direction, characterized in that the at least one wafer pocket has in each case a wafer region containing the wafer and in each case at least one residual region of the at least one wafer pocket, said residual region remaining in the dispenser when the wafer region is dispensed, and in that the wafer region is connected at least in certain sections to the at least one residual region in each case via at least one predetermined partition line which has, at least in certain sections, an extent component parallel to the dispensing direction, and characterized in that optionally at least one predetermined partition line runs parallel to the dispensing direction. 
     
     
         2 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that two predetermined partition lines are present, and in that the predetermined partition lines are perforation sections. 
     
     
         3 . (canceled) 
     
     
         4 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that the wafer region adjoins the at least one residual region in certain sections via the at least one predetermined partition line and additionally via at least one indent in the wafer pocket. 
     
     
         5 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one holding element has at least one holding rivet which engages through openings in the wafer pockets and has the purpose of securing the at least one wafer pocket in the at least one holding element, and characterized in that the holding element is optionally detachably attached in the dispenser. 
     
     
         6 . (canceled) 
     
     
         7 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one predetermined partition line is formed by in each case one web between the wafer region and the at least one residual region. 
     
     
         8 . The dispenser as claimed in claim, characterized in that the at least one holding element has at least one wall forming in each case a receptacle space for a respective residual region of the wafer pockets and separating said receptacle space from the supply space, wherein in each case at least one connecting opening to the supply space is located in the wall through which connecting opening the at least one wafer pocket can extend into the at least one receptacle space, wherein the web is located in the region of the connecting opening. 
     
     
         9 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 8 , characterized in that the wall is embodied in such a way that when a tensile force is applied to the wafer pocket in the dispensing direction, the wafer region becomes detached from the residual region located in the at least one receptacle space. 
     
     
         10 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 8 , characterized in that the wall is adapted for separating the residual region from the wafer region. 
     
     
         11 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 10 , characterized in that the wall has a notching edge acting counter to the dispensing direction. 
     
     
         12 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one holding element is arranged in the dispenser on a side of the dispenser located opposite the dispensing opening for the wafer pockets. 
     
     
         13 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that a run-up slope for a wafer pocket to be dispensed is located in the supply space, with the result that the wafer pocket to be dispensed is directed through the dispensing opening. 
     
     
         14 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 1 , claims, characterized in that a grip opening which permits an uppermost wafer pocket to be pushed forward manually is formed in a main outer surface of the dispenser. 
     
     
         15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that a display surface, to which time data can be applied, is provided adjacent to the dispensing opening. 
     
     
         17 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 1  claims, characterized in that the wafer pockets are contained in a stack in the dispenser and each has a mark in one of a plurality of marking sections arranged alongside one another in a region adjacent to a marking edge on the wafer pocket, wherein the respective marks are arranged incrementally from one wafer pocket to the next wafer pocket in successive marking sections inside the stack. 
     
     
         18 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 17 , characterized in that the marking sections are aligned with fields for the time data on the display surface. 
     
     
         19 . A wafer pocket booklet, comprising at least two wafer pockets which are connected to one another in a stack and which each have a wafer region containing a wafer and each have at least one residual region which remains in the dispenser when the wafer region is dispensed, wherein the wafer pockets are connected to one another by means of at least one holding element, characterized in that the wafer region is connected to the at least one residual region at least in certain sections, in each case via at least one predetermined partition line which has, at least in certain sections, an extent component parallel to the dispensing direction, and characterized in that optionally at least one predetermined partition line runs parallel to the dispensing direction. 
     
     
         20 . The wafer pocket booklet as claimed in  claim 19 , characterized in that two predetermined partition lines are present, and in that the predetermined partition lines are perforation sections. 
     
     
         21 . (canceled) 
     
     
         22 . The wafer pocket booklet as claimed in  claim 19 , characterized in that the wafer region adjoins the at least one residual region at least in certain sections via the at least one predetermined partition line and additionally via at least one indent in the wafer pocket. 
     
     
         23 . The wafer pocket booklet as claimed in  claim 19 , characterized in that the wafer pockets have openings through which a holding rivet of the holding element can engage in order to combine the wafer pockets to form the stack by means of the at least one holding element. 
     
     
         24 . The wafer pocket booklet as claimed in  claim 19 , characterized in that the wafer pockets each have a mark in one of a plurality of marking sections arranged alongside one another in a region adjacent to a marking edge on the wafer pocket, wherein the respective marks are arranged incrementally from one wafer pocket to the next wafer pocket in successive marking sections inside the stack. 
     
     
         25 . (canceled)